A straight high school—or even junior high school—boy will never come close to knowing that level of “I don’t have a shot with this girl” pain. First of all, you do have a shot, because as far as you know, she’s straight or has been told to act straight. Second of all, all our lives, girls are told in not so many words that our main job in life is to please men, don’t embarrass them, don’t make them angry, give them what they ask for, be nice. So really, men technically “have a shot” with literally every woman they see, because we’ve all been trained to give you one, or else we’re assholes.
